Toshihiro Onohara, Nobuhiro Handa, Masakazu Kawasaki, Fuminori Kasashima, Tetsuya Saito, Teruya Nakamura, Dai Une, Mikizo Nakai, Suguru Shiraya, Kazuki Maeda, Katsuhiko Imai, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Yasushi Shimoe, Minoru Okamoto, Yoshikazu Kawazu
Objectives: The efficacy of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) against abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in younger patients remains unknown. Hence, the current study aimed to investigate whether the aneurysm-related mortality rate of EVAR is acceptable among patients aged ≤70 years. Methods: Among 644 patients, 148 underwent EVAR (EVAR group), and 496 received open surgical repair (OSR group). The cumulative incidence rates of aneurysm-related death, any intervention, and serious aneurysm-related events after AAA repair were evaluated using the cumulative incidence function in the presence of competing risks...
March 25, 2024: Annals of Vascular Diseases